After Effects 7 Hands-on Training

Description

Learn Adobe After Effects 7.0 with hands-on exercises and demo movies.

Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored and craving real-world examples? Do you want concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this is the book for you.

These hands-on exercises, complete with insider tips and detailed color illustrations, teach you the latest techniques for creating motion graphics and special effects for film, video, and the Web. You'll learn to animate text and images, integrate sound, and publish the results to a variety of formats. You'll also learn to use the new project management enhancements, how to fine-tune animations, use animation blending and freeze frame options, convert alpha channels to masks with Auto-Trace, use the new Script Editor, and more.

CONTENTS:

Gatteing started
Understanding the Workspace
Beginning a new project
Creating a composition
Creating keyframes
Playing with time
Previewing movies
Working with layers
Working with text layers
Applying effects
Presenting layers
Painting on layers
Creating masks
Creating track mattes
Colour keys
Using expressions
Working with audio
Rendering final movies